View Full Version : I am developing and building a trial ATV concept
kordesigns
08-05-2009, 10:28 AM
I need your help with some information. I am an industrial design student and I am building a trials ATV for my graduate project. I am in the research phase of the project and I really need ATV riders to fill out this information. This is so I can analyze data from different areas of the country. If you would like to help out just fill out this survey and send it back to my personal email which is skorthuis2007@aol.com. I really appreciate anyone that fills it out and it only takes a couple minutes. So far I have had a couple people fill it out but I need a few more before I can have solid information. The strengths of this quad is going to be the ground clearance and how easy it is to get it unhigh centered if it ever happens. If anyone has any advice or anything like that I would love to listen. Thanks alot!
Do you own: _____ ATV____Motorcycle___Both
Make_______________ Model___________________
What do you use it for? ____Utility _____ Racing ______ Recreation ____ Commute
How many times per year do you ride it ? 1 ___ 5 ____10 ____15____ 20____25+
What type of terrain do you ride on?___________________ On average how far do you ride per trip?________
Did you buy your vehicle _____ New _____ Used?
What price did you pay for your vehicle? ________
If you were to buy a new ATV what price would you expect to spend? $__________
What would be your ideal cc size? ____
Would you be more willing to buy a new ATV or Motorcycle?
Why?
How important are the head lights? 1 2 3 4 5 Lowest Highest
Do you know of any problems or limits with current ATV’s? Y N explain
While riding an ATV do you ever get high centered? Y N If so how long does it take to get the vehicle out?___________
How do you get it out?
Robin Hood
08-05-2009, 02:05 PM
Do you own: ATV
Make:SUZUKI
Model:LTR 450
What do you use it for? RACING
How many times per year do you ride it: 25+
What type of terrain do you ride on? TRAILS/TRACK
On average how far do you ride per trip? 20+ Miles
Did you buy your vehicle: USED
What price did you pay for your vehicle? $5600
If you were to buy a new ATV what price would you expect to spend? $6000 or less.
What would be your ideal cc size? 450cc
Would you be more willing to buy a new ATV or Motorcycle?: New if given the right price.
Why?: Enjoy being the original owner.
How important are the head lights?: 5, but must be easily removable.
Do you know of any problems or limits with current ATV’s?: None. Some might say that they come corked up (ex. baffles, governors) but those are easily removed in a matter of minutes. These machines come race/trail ready.
While riding an ATV do you ever get high centered?: Not much anymore, unless the racer in front of me stops in a rock garden lol.
If so how long does it take to get the vehicle out? A minute at longest, depending how tired I am and if there are people helping me.
How do you get it out? Either pin it and rock the bike to try and get traction, have a course worker or other rider push, or put the bike in neutral and hop off and do it yourself.
-Hope this helps.
IRISH-RACER-14
08-05-2009, 03:59 PM
Do you own: ATV____Motorcycle: both
Make:honda.....kawasaki
Mode 300ex....kx125
What do you use it for?racing and having fun
How many times per year do you ride it ? 25+,every day mainly
What type of terrain do you ride on?track,trails On average how far do you ride per trip?hour and a half of driving
Did you buy your vehicle,new
What price did you pay for your vehicle? 3000$ for the 300ex
If you were to buy a new ATV what price would you expect to spend? $5600
What would be your ideal cc size? 450,400,700
Would you be more willing to buy a new ATV or Motorcycle?
Why?atv,i am not experienced anought for a bike
How important are the head lights? 1
Do you know of any problems or limits with current ATV’s? Y N explain?no
While riding an ATV do you ever get high centered? Y N If so how long does it take to get the vehicle out?few minutes?
How do you get it out?push it
ATV Chic
08-05-2009, 04:35 PM
Do you own: ATV____Motorcycle: ATV
Make:honda
Model: TRX 450R
What do you use it for? Tearin' chit up
How many times per year do you ride it ? 25+
What type of terrain do you ride on? track,trails
On average how far do you ride per trip? ! hour to get there, 4-6 hours of riding time
Did you buy your vehicle new? Used
What price did you pay for your vehicle? $3500
If you were to buy a new ATV what price would you expect to spend? $7,900
What would be your ideal cc size? 450R
Would you be more willing to buy a new ATV or Motorcycle? ATV
Why? prefer quads
How important are the head lights? 3
Do you know of any problems or limits with current ATV’s? Y N explain? nope
While riding an ATV do you ever get high centered? Y N If so how long does it take to get the vehicle out? like a minute
How do you get it out? have the bf help push it out
quad2xtreme
08-06-2009, 10:58 AM
you building a "trial" atv or a trail atv?
If you could engineer a trial atv that would be something to see.
-TheDude-
08-06-2009, 06:55 PM
Do you own: _X_ ATV
Make___Honda_____ Model___400ex_________
What do you use it for? ____Utility _____ Racing __X____ Recreation ____ Commute
How many times per year do you ride it ? 25+
What type of terrain do you ride on?_woods, bighills__ On average how far do you ride per trip?_4 or5 hours_
Did you buy your vehicle _____ New _X__ Used?
What price did you pay for your vehicle? _$1500_
If you were to buy a new ATV what price would you expect to spend? $___5000___
What would be your ideal cc size? _450__
Would you be more willing to buy a new ATV or Motorcycle?
Why? ATV had a motorcycle to many friends got killed on um
How important are the head lights? 1 2 3 4 5 Lowest Highest 5
Do you know of any problems or limits with current ATV’s? Y N explain. No
While riding an ATV do you ever get high centered?No
If so how long does it take to get the vehicle out? if i do just a min or two
How do you get it out? give it gas and rock side to side mostly
........sniff.........sniff......
You guys smell that?
I do. It smells like bull****.
tri5ron
08-06-2009, 10:55 PM
Originally posted by DMC-4OOEX
........sniff.........sniff......
You guys smell that?
I do. It smells like bull****.
I was thinking the same thing.
the op says the strengths are about ground clearance,and this is for a design concept project.
if that is true,... then what correlation is there to motorcycles, what you use it for, buy new/used, what you paid, what you would spend on a new quad, and headlights ?
To the best that my memory serves me, my headlights have never gotten high centered, and the fact that I bought it used, has never caused me to get stuck any more than someone who bought new.
to me,...
These questions sound more like marketing research questions, as opposed to a design students questions.
(btw, my wife is the Boeing representative for the Senior Design Reviews, in the Aerospace Engineering dept, every year at Cal Poly Tech).
I'm fairly familiar with the types of questions that are asked, in reguards to Design Projects.
I may be wrong here, and if so, then I apoligize,
but smells like a troll to me.
kordesigns
08-12-2009, 12:24 PM
Its not bull ****
I am an industrial designer that is developing this atv, I am asking marketing and design questions for different reasons. All these questions are going to help me when I present this project. Im not a professional survey creator so I'm sorry for making it sound like bull****. So far I have gotton a few survey's but If anyone would like to send me more it would be great. This is for my graduate project so I thank everyone that is giving me their positive and negative feedback.
klutch
08-12-2009, 12:47 PM
Do you own: ATV
Make Honda
Model 450r
What do you use it for? Racing/Fun
How many times per year do you ride it ?
25 or more
What type of terrain do you ride on? Trail/Track
On average how far do you ride per trip? No idea.
Did you buy your vehicle _____ New _____ Used?
Used
What price did you pay for your vehicle? $3000
If you were to buy a new ATV what price would you expect to spend? $6000
What would be your ideal cc size? 450cc
Would you be more willing to buy a new ATV or Motorcycle?
Why? ATV. I prefer atvs.
How important are the head lights? 1 2 3 4 5 Lowest Highest
1. I like day riding anyways. And they're ugly. Unless they're easily removable cause night riding is fun sometimes.
Do you know of any problems or limits with current ATV’s? Y N explain. No, I do not know of any problems/limits.
While riding an ATV do you ever get high centered? Y N If so how long does it take to get the vehicle out?
Rarely. And maybe a minute or so.
How do you get it out?
Lift and move to the side. Or rock the bike to get traction while having it pinned down.
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